Lesson Plan Clip 4 | Portraits and Dreams
Clip: Season 33 Episode 7 | 6m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
We see a series of Johnny’s family portraits and hear him reflect about his childhood.
Johnny describes the dangers of coal mining. We see a series of Johnny’s family portraits and hear him reflect about the challenges of his fatherless childhood, his childhood play, and his current success as a father and heavy equipment operator.
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Lesson Plan Clip 4 | Portraits and Dreams
Clip: Season 33 Episode 7 | 6m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Johnny describes the dangers of coal mining. We see a series of Johnny’s family portraits and hear him reflect about the challenges of his fatherless childhood, his childhood play, and his current success as a father and heavy equipment operator.
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Lesson Plan Clip 1 | Portraits and Dreams
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The work of two young photographers in particular: Denise and Russell Akemon. (1m 25s)
Lesson Plan Clip 2 | Portraits and Dreams
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Denise’s series of dream photographs are set in a neighboring graveyard. (1m 29s)
Lesson Plan Clip 3 | Portraits and Dreams
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Sue looks through the published collection of portraits and reminisces about the project. (3m 13s)
Lesson Plan Clip 6 | Portraits and Dreams
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A brief audio recording from young Gary explaining his ideas about community plays. (31s)
Trailer | Portraits and Dreams
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Portraits and Dreams revisits photographs created by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s. (2m 7s)
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...